Coal-car



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J. B. COLLIN.

GOAL CAR.

Patented Feb. 14,1882.

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J. B. COLLIN. GOAL GAR.

- No. 253,585. Patented Feb. 14,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. COLLIN, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COAL-CAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 253,?85, dated February14, 1882.

Application filed June 23,1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J.B.O0LLIN, of Altoona,county of Blair, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Goal-Oars; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists mainly in the combination, with properframe-worksupported upon wheels, of a car-body of special construction, as will befully described hereinafter..

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional elevationot'my improved car; Fig. 2, a plan view; Fig. 3, a front end elevation, andFig. 4 a rear end elevation, of the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my improved car, I willproceed to describe fully the construction of the same.

A A, Figs. 1 and 4, represent a system of frame-work rising from thejournals B B of the wheels, by means of which the car-body is properlysupported.

0 represents the bottom plate of the car, which is rectangular in form,as shown in Fig. 2, and is supported in an inclined position by theframe-work, as shown.

0 0 represent the side plates, which are triangular in form, as shown inFig. 1.

0 represents the front plate, of rectangular form, by means of which theside plates are united together to complete the car body proper.

1) represents a door, adapted in size'and shape to fill the opening inthe front end of the car-body, which is properly hingedat its upper edgeto the lower edge of the plate 0, as shown.

E represents a lever, provided at one end with a hook, 0, adapted, whenin the proper position, to secure the door against opening, as shown inFig. 1.

0 represents a chain attached to the rear end of the lever, which passesover proper pulleys, e and 6 into convenient position for manipulationwhen it is desired to actuate the lever to release the door.

The lever, it will be observed, is so balanced as to returnautomatically to its normal position after having been moved to releasethe door.

F F represent guide-boards, by means of which the coal in its dischargefrom the car is properly directed.

The manner of using the car is substantially as follows: Having beenmoved to the proper place, it is filled in any suitable manner, eitherby a discharge from above or by hand from below, accordingto thecircumstances ofthe case. It is then moved to the proper point andlifted by any proper hoisting mechanism into position to discharge itscontents into the tender of a locomotive. By simply pulling the chain cthe lever E is actuated to release the door, when, of course, thecontents of the car, being no longer supported thereby, are dischargedinto the receptacle below.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the coal-car having the inclined bottom 0 andguide-boards F F, the

upwardly-swinging door D and the catch-lever E, as describe Thisspecification signed and witnessed this 20th day of June, 188

JOHNB. COLLIN. Witnesses:

W. D. OoUcH, THOS. P. Fosrnn.

